IFN-γ abrogates profibrogenic TGF-β signaling in liver by targeting expression of inhibitory and receptor Smads

H Weng, PR Mertens, AM Gressner, S Dooley - Journal of hepatology, 2007 - Elsevier
… from chronic HBV infection, we recently identified a benefit of 9-month IFN-γ treatment
resulting in decreased fibrosis scores and a reduced number of α-smooth muscle actin-positive …

Abrogation of the antifibrotic effects of natural killer cells/interferon-γ contributes to alcohol acceleration of liver fibrosis

WI Jeong, O Park, B Gao - Gastroenterology, 2008 - Elsevier
… in patients with viral hepatitis that cannot be fully explained by ethanol-enhanced liver
liver fibrosis: inhibition of the antifibrotic effects of natural killer (NK) cells and interferon-γ (IFN-γ). …

[PDF][PDF] Suppression of innate immunity (natural killer cell/interferonγ) in the advanced stages of liver fibrosis in mice

WI Jeong, O Park, YG Suh, JS Byun, SY Park… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… degrees of liver diseases. In the present study, we compared the antifibrotic efficacy of NK
cells/IFN-c on early and advanced liver fibrosis in vivo and the effects of NK cells/IFN-c on the …

[PDF][PDF] Interferon gamma decreases hepatic stellate cell activation and extracellular matrix deposition in rat liver fibrosis

GS Baroni, L D'Ambrosio, P Curto, A Casini… - …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
… of proliferating HSC in early stages of liver the role of transformed HSC in liver fibrosis and
the specific effect of IFN-g in reducing this process. fibrosis. The final result is the formation of …

Targeted therapies in liver fibrosis: combining the best parts of platelet-derived growth factor BB and interferon gamma

F Van Dijk, P Olinga, K Poelstra, L Beljaars - Frontiers in medicine, 2015 - frontiersin.org
IFNγ to the liver myofibroblasts. For that, we altered the cell binding properties of IFNγ, by
delivery of the IFNγinterferon γ). In recent years, we demonstrated that HSC-specific delivery of …

Interferon-γ exacerbates liver damage, the hepatic progenitor cell response and fibrosis in a mouse model of chronic liver injury

B Knight, R Lim, GC Yeoh, JK Olynyk - Journal of hepatology, 2007 - Elsevier
… CDE-induced hepatic fibrosis in IFNγ-treated mice. We observed increased liver collagen
content and an accelerated and augmented hepatic stellate cell response with IFNγ-treatment …

Effect of interferon-gamma on hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B virus infection: a randomized controlled study

HL Weng, BE Wang, JD Jia, WF Wu, JZ Xian… - Clinical …, 2005 - Elsevier
… In summary, IFN-γ has significant beneficial effects on liver fibrosis in patients with chronic
HBV infection. Moreover, our data indicate that IFN-γ antagonizes the TGF-β/Smad pathway, …

IFN-γ polymorphisms (IFN-γ+ 2109 and IFN-γ+ 3810) are associated with severe hepatic fibrosis in human hepatic schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni)

C Chevillard, CE Moukoko, NE Elwali… - The Journal of …, 2003 - journals.aai.org
… The IFN-γ +3810 A allele was associated with a reduced risk of PPF. The number of … IFN-γ
polymorphisms with severe fibrosis (IFN-γ +2109, p = 0.05, OR = 0.39, CI = 0.15–1.03; IFN-γ +…

Interferon gamma inhibits lipocyte activation and extracellular matrix mRNA expression during experimental liver injury: implications for treatment of hepatic fibrosis.

DC Rockey, JJ Chung - Journal of investigative medicine: the official …, 1994 - europepmc.org
Interferon gamma was infused continuously by osmotic pump during the induction of liver
fibrosis, after which lipocytes were … Finally, whole liver type I collagen mRNA was quantitated. …

IFNγ facilitates liver fibrogenesis by CD161+CD4+ T cells through a regenerative IL‐23/IL‐17 axis in chronic hepatitis B virus infection

…, H Jia, C Liu, S Wang, Y Liu, Y Shen… - Clinical & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… + CD4 + T cells can produce abundant IFN-γ and IL-17, both of which play a role in liver
fibrogenesis, 4, 17 There are no available data on CD161 + CD4 + T cells in liver fibrosis. …